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Video by Tyler Shields. Featuring Alessandra Torresani and Matt Dallas.

And Tyler Shields.

And on a somewhat related note, NBC is on the fence regarding canceling Caprica – the prequel to the brilliant Battlestar Galactica – where Torresani plays The First Cylon.

Because NBC is really good at canceling all the good shows.

These days, I’m really missing Brandon Tartikoff. He was incredible at giving low rated/great shows a chance.

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And  . . .  Give Caprica another chance here. Vote!

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And more news this week: Yet another Battlestar Galactica spin off may be on the table.

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Found via Esther Cotton

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From Brazil: The work of photographer and model Flávia Desgranges van der Linden.

Deviant art page here. Blog here.

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‘The best part? She had no idea it was being taken until a mutual friend stumbled across it on the web.’ -Ashley Simko

Details.

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‘Her ‘Closer’ series might not be the newest, but the level of intimate details is still breathtaking.’

The work of photographer Elinor Carucci.

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Alysha Nett, photographed by Tyler Shields.

Info here. Alysha Nett’s website here.

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‘The charges are familiar: He’s a compromiser who hasn’t stood up to the GOP or Wall Street. But a look at his record reveals something even more startling – a truly historic presidency’

Rolling Stone takes a look at what’s really been going on in the White House. Great read. Shows how how Obama is brilliantly working the system – whether or not the media is reporting on it.

Call me crazy, but I believe that our president should actually be a really smart person.

I know. Insane concept for the United States to stomach.

the west wing
Also this week – in a bit of patriotic looniness – I spent some time touring The White House via this site. [Read more →]

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I actually found a moment this week were I ended up watching a bunch of the latest political attack ads. I’d missed a bunch of them – not a bad thing – mostly because of my TiVo. Who watches actual ads anymore?

Candidate for California Governor Jerry Brown (D) unleashed this little ‘Jon Stewartesque’ ditty this week, comparing his opponent to our sinking Governator (above). What hooked me – and the media – is how it just keeps going on and on and on and on and on.

I’ve always liked Jerry Brown. He’s kind of a kook, but a smart one.

my dad-n-jerry
Back in the early 1990s, my father held the honor of being the guy who ‘registered the most voters in the State of California.’ He was retired and simply had a lot of time on his hands. So coffee in hand, he set up shop at the local mall – and sort of hung out for a year or so. [Read more →]

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‘Don’t fucking talk to me about family values’

As someone married, I’ve been pro-anti-divorce for years.

Found via Lance Weber

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Couldn’t resist.

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Flashback to 1988: David Lee Roth’s very purple video for Stand Up, with the incredible Steve Vai on guitar

Humans do this thing. If we don’t understand something, or believe something is different – the first step is ridicule. Then make it go away. Sometimes on a huge scale.

And the gay community has been putting up with a lot of shit for a helluva long time. Today’s purple wearing is about saying the rest of us are sick of it too.

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On a somewhat related note, I’m really looking forward to tonight’s Project Runway – where Michael forgoes working on his final collection and instead spends all his time carefully plotting out and exacting an unexpected, ironically embarrassing revenge for Ivy.

While at the same time, Ivy is plotting out and exacting a vicious, ill-conceived embarrassing revenge for Michael.

Should it end any other way – ?

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